Biblical carving discovered near US has experts wondering about possible link to Jesus' death
Archaeologists finally broke the cipher on 255 strange symbols etched into a Canadian rock over 200 years ago — and it's the Lord's Prayer… in Swedish.
Discovered in 2018 after a tree fell near Wawa, Ontario (just a stone's throw from Michigan), the bizarre runes had stumped many — until Ryan Primrose from Ontario's archaeology squad swooped in with the scoop.
After seven years of trying to decipher what the unusual carving symbolized, Primose finally learned that the etched symbols are part of an alphabet that was used in Scandinavia.
And the symbols translated to a 1611 Swedish version of The Lord's Prayer, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
No other fancy artifacts showed up nearby, so Primrose figured the area where this carved rock lay most likely was treated as an outdoor chapel.
3 Primrose has been working on figuring out the mysterious carving since 2018.
Ryan Primrose/OCARE
The slab also apparently looks like it was deliberately buried, adding a little extra mystery to the mix.
In a recent interview with the CBC, Primose explained that the ruins were covered by inches of soil.
Henrik Williams, a retired Swedish professor emeritus from Uppsala University, also helped to crack the mystery wide open.
He explained to CBC that any 'runic inscription' is 'rare.'
Williams added, 'Someone put all this effort into this particular text and you wonder why.'
He also noted that the 'mystery does not decrease just because of its age.'
Primrose said that he initially held back on spilling the secrets until he was 100% sure the translation was legit.
3 The worn stone looks centuries old— maybe from the 1600s— but the real proof shows Swedish speakers landed here just 200 years ago.
Ryan Primrose/OCARE
'This is certainly among the least expected finds I have encountered in my career,' he shared.
The Lord's Prayer — known to Christians, Catholics and Bible readers alike — pops up twice in the New Testament: once in Matthew's Sermon on the Mount and again in Luke when a disciple asks Jesus how he is supposed to pray.
Speaking of Jesus and his crucifixion, as The Post reported in April, a bombshell NASA find could back up one of the Bible's most vivid scenes — the death and ultimate sacrifice of Christ and the ominous celestial show that followed.
NASA's star charts point to a blood-red moon over Jerusalem on April 3, 33 AD — the same date many say Christ was crucified. Sound spooky? It should.
'From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land,' reads one translation of Matthew 27:45 — the gospel verse that describes the otherworldly and eerie skies as Christ hung on the cross.
3 The Lord's Prayer — a staple for Christians, Catholics, and Bible readers — shows up twice in the New Testament: in Matthew's Sermon on the Mount and again in Luke when a disciple asks Jesus how to pray.
Ryan Primrose/OCARE
'Christian texts mention that the moon turned to blood after Jesus's crucifixion — potentially referring to a lunar eclipse, during which the moon takes on a reddish hue,' NASA wrote.
They explained that their sky-mapping tools traced the ancient eclipse that appeared over Jerusalem just after sunset.
Overall, you can call it divine timing — after 200 years, one prayer finally found its voice again.
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